Trip_Cannon Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hey guys, I've been racking my brain and trying just about everything I can think of to get my joystick to work in MESS but it just isn't happening. It works fine in MAME but I'm having no luck in MESS. Basically it detects the joystick but when I try the tab menu to configure it, it doesn't accept any of the movement... I'm using a Logitech F310. Is there a better joystick to try out? Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I have a F310 as well and what I found out is that there is a switch on the backside of the controller...and if you look at it in the right light you will see a X and a D....X is for X-box and D is for everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 I've never seen that before! Unfortunately it was already on 'D'.. so still stuck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 what version of MESS are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I do feel silly putting this up but do you have this option checked??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 I've got the newest version.... 1.51 I believe... Although it's been troublesome for every previous version I've used... I keep on hoping the next version will fix whatever problem it is... Yeah... I've played around with those settings to no avail... It's weird... I do have other versions of MESS to compare... In MESS .82 GUI version I can get the joystick to work with Atari 2600/7800 games but can't get it to work with any other system I try... Newest version, can't get the joystick to work at all... And then in MAME (which I understand has the same kernal) it seems to work fine with whatever game I try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 ok i am going to test this out... are you using the 32 bit or 64 bit version of MESS and what operating system are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 I'm running Windows 7 using the 64bit MESS... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) ok... I tested MESS 0.151b 64 bit on a windows 7 ultimate 64bit system using a Logitech F310 controller. I did not run into any problems running Atari 2600, 7800 games or any NES games. All of them accepted my controller input thru the TAB button. After thinking about this the only other thing I can come up with is this controller comes with profile software..(which I have not installed) that allows you to make up different profiles for different games...could you possibly be running a profile that you created and it is interfering with the MESS program. I know that you said that MAME works just fine but if you take a close look at this MESS and MAME are two different programs that do two different things. I am sorry that I cannot be of more help to you. Edited December 16, 2013 by NIKON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I know that you said that MAME works just fine but if you take a close look at this MESS and MAME are two different programs that do two different things. MAME and MESS are the same base program. They only differ in the driver sets (systems) they support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 MAME and MESS are the same base program. They only differ in the driver sets (systems) they support. if this were the case then the person who started this thread would not be having the problem he is having. and no I do not wish this to be considered trolling or flaming...just an observation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 if this were the case then the person who started this thread would not be having the problem he is having. and no I do not wish this to be considered trolling or flaming...just an observation As someone who regularly works with the codebase, I can tell you with 100% certainty that the assumption you're making through observation is incorrect. There is no difference in how either handle input. The issue here would be due to a configuration issue or user error. I would suggest to download a fresh copy of MESS, extract it to a different directory than the previous install and download QMC2 as a front end. This will start everything from scratch and make troubleshooting easier. EDIT: Get MESS from http://mamedev.org Get QMC2 from http://qmc2.arcadehits.net/wordpress/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Thanks for all your help! I'll give that a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Don't feel bad - I have never been able to get MESS to work at all! I have MAME working great, along with Altirra, Stella, and JavAtari. But MESS.... I install it, and it just never allows me to add games. Madening... but at least I can game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 As someone who regularly works with the codebase, I can tell you with 100% certainty that the assumption you're making through observation is incorrect. There is no difference in how either handle input. The issue here would be due to a configuration issue or user error. I would suggest to download a fresh copy of MESS, extract it to a different directory than the previous install and download QMC2 as a front end. This will start everything from scratch and make troubleshooting easier. EDIT: Get MESS from http://mamedev.org Get QMC2 from http://qmc2.arcadehits.net/wordpress/ Well, after downloading it again and installing it in a new directory it's working absolutely fine! Thank you for help on this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 You wouldn't happen to know where I can get a working NTSC Atari 7800 bios would you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 You wouldn't happen to know where I can get a working NTSC Atari 7800 bios would you? PM coming your way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 You wouldn't happen to know where I can get a working NTSC Atari 7800 bios would you? BIOS files as well as links to the latest 32-bit and 64-bit GUI inclusive MESS is here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/214759-mess-0149u1-out-xmxboard-pokey-support/?do=findComment&comment=2796825 Please IGNORE and do NOT use the hlsl.zip files as they would not be applicable to the latest version of MESS. Use the files contained in the hlsl folder of the official distribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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